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Article: 10 cc's of technology, stat! ; Fighting back Symposium explores ways consumer devices can help us heal
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2009
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Set aside for a moment the whole messy, Washington-centric debate
about restructuring our health care system.
When will we start talking about how we can use technology to be
healthier and improve the interactions we have with our doctors?
New England is a center of gravity for what I think of as the new
health interface. Physicians here are using Skype to videoconference
with patients. Therapists at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital are
using Nintendo's Wii video game system with patients who've suffered
brain injuries. And a group of local entrepreneurs developed the
most-downloaded free iPhone application in the health care and
fitness department of Apple's online store: LoseIt, which ...